i have road runner for the internet and linksys as the wireless... how do i secure it so noone else can get into my computer??
2007-01-06 15:56:03 · 4 answers · asked by cathy n 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
also how am i able to re-name my connection, and make my own password...besides the w?p key??
2007-01-06 16:02:47 · update #1
wow.. no i mean, i want to secure my wireless connection, so noone else can use it in the area... ya know make it secure or private...
2007-01-06 16:09:06 · update #2
Some quick tips that can help you out is make sure you have WEP enabled.
Make sure you can clone the MAC address if possible on the wireless router.
Make sure you change secure ID password if it's feature with your wireless router. More Linksys have this capability.
Perhaps a software and hardware based firewall wouldn't be a bad idea either. Software firewalls have a tendency to monitor traffic that is leaving your computer and traveling outbound to a possible malicious host a little more effectively then some hardware based firewalls.
Good luck and great question.
V/R,
Skull
2007-01-06 17:20:28 · answer #1 · answered by SKULL 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yet in a distinctive thank you to shelter your community may well be to get admission to the router configuration website. someplace interior the secure practices area might desire to be a MAC get admission to record. to make certain the MAC address of your computer, click commence>run variety cmd and hit enter. then variety ipconfig /all. make an commentary of the particular address provided. on the MAC get admission to record put in the MAC address of all gadgets you have chose linked to the community. you will might desire to try this on each occasion a device not interior the record desires to get admission to your community, that's no distinctive from installation a WPA or WEP key, you will nevertheless might desire to head into records the two way. you need to to alter your community ip address from the default which could be latest in a LAN settings website. additionally, replace the default username and password for router configuration get admission to.
2016-10-30 05:19:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hire a security guard.
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2007-01-06 16:04:43 · answer #3 · answered by INOA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
get one firewall from zonelabs or agnitum
one antispyware from webroot.com spysweeper
aantivirus from eset.com nod32
2007-01-06 16:02:35 · answer #4 · answered by Neo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋